Buckner Retirement Services ranks among Top 10 workplaces on national ‘best’ list

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Great Place to Work® recently ranked Buckner Retirement Services as the #9 small and medium-sized senior living and care employer on the 2022 Fortune Best Workplaces in Aging Services™ national list, Buckner announced Sept. 27. Texas-based Buckner Retirement Services operates Calder Woods in Beaumont.

In addition to Calder Woods, Buckner senior living communities include Parkway Place in Houston, Buckner Villas in Austin, Buckner Westminster Place in Longview, Baptist Retirement Community in San Angelo, and Ventana by Buckner in Dallas.

The Best Workplaces in Aging Services award is based on analysis of survey responses from more than 140,000 employees from Great Place to Work-Certified™ companies in the aging services industry. In that survey, 84% of Buckner Retirement Services’ employees said Buckner is a great place to work. This number is 27% higher than the average U.S. company.

“As a faith-based, nonprofit senior living provider, Buckner offers associates a mission they can believe in,” said Brian Robbins, vice president and COO of Buckner Retirement Services. “There is no greater purpose than serving others – that includes our organizational commitment to caring for associates as they care for residents in Buckner communities.”

Based on this year’s survey results, 91% of Buckner employees state their work has special meaning and is “not just a job,” 87% are proud to tell others where they work, and 86% feel they make a difference by working at a Buckner senior living community. 

“We listen, we respond, and we share,” said Robbins. “We continue to work diligently to create a workforce strategy that starts with recruitment. From day one, we invest in associates and listen to them.” 

The Fortune Best Workplaces in Aging Services list is highly competitive. Great Place to Work, the global authority on workplace culture, selected the list using rigorous analytics and confidential employee feedback. Companies were only considered if they are a Great Place to Work-Certified™ organization. 

“The Best Workplaces in Aging Services have a lot to be proud of,” said Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place to Work. “They stepped up to support the well-being of their employees hard at work caring for high-risk populations at unprecedented levels throughout the pandemic. Congratulations to these great workplaces for their dedication to strong company cultures.”

This is the fourth time Buckner Retirement Services was named a Best Workplace in Aging Services. In 2022, Buckner International and Buckner Children and Family Services were also certified as a Great Place to Work. To learn more about employment with Buckner, visit Buckner.org/careers.

About Buckner Retirement Services, Inc.:

Buckner Retirement Services is a nonprofit senior living organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for senior adults and their families by promoting an active, healthy lifestyle while maintaining their independence and dignity. Buckner Retirement Services is part of Buckner International, a global faith-based ministry serving more than 350,000 people each year in Texas and six countries worldwide. For more information, visit BucknerRetirement.org

About Great Place to Work®:

Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, they have surveyed more than 100 million employees worldwide and used those deep insights to define what makes a great workplace: trust. Their employee survey platform empowers leaders with the feedback, real-time reporting and insights they need to make data-driven people decisions. Everything they do is driven by the mission to build a better world by helping every organization become a great place to work For All™.

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